Simon Thurley

Simon Thurley

Dr. Simon Thurley (born 1963) is an academic and architectural historian, and the present Chief Executive of English Heritage (since April 2002). His relative youth at taking this post has led him to be dubbed a 'boy wonder'. [ [http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/gbr/tpl/mag3/art20021001/htm/int_Thurley.htm ViaMichelin - interview with Simon Thurley] ]

Life

Previous to his present role, he was Inspector of Ancient Monuments for English Heritage (1988 to 1990), Curator of Historic Royal Palaces (1989 to 1997) and director of the Museum of London (1997 to March 2002). He is also a prolific history broadcaster, presenting a history slot on BBC London for 3 years and - in television - presenting "Flying Through Time", Channel Four’s six part series "Lost Buildings of Britain" (Channel 4), "The Buildings that Shaped Britain" (Channel 5) and a six-part history of London (Granada). He has also appeared in other programmes (such as Time Team) as a 'talking head'.

He now lives in King's Lynn, Norfolk, and grew up in Godmanchester - he feels that it was inevitable he became a historian since "by age seven I was helping out at Roman digs near my home ... and childhood holidays invariably involved ticking off stately homes and cathedrals" [cite news |first=Simon |last=Thurley |title=My hols |url=http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/article687390.ece |work=The Times |date=July 16 2006 |accessdate=2008-02-07 ] . He studied at Kimbolton School (1972-1982) and as an undergraduate at Bedford College (1982-1985), before taking his MA in Art History and PhD in "English Royal Palaces 1450-1550" at the Courtauld Institute of Art (1985-1989).

Fellowships and other memberships

*Honorary Fellow and Visiting Professor of London Medieval History at Royal Holloway, University of London
*fellow at the Society of Antiquaries of London
*fellow at the Royal Historical Society
*honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects
*President of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society
*president of the Huntingdonshire History Society
*Chairman of the Society for Court Studies
*serves on the Council of St Paul's Cathedral

Works

*"Royal Palaces of Tudor England", 1993
*"Whitehall Palace"
*"Hampton Court a Social and Architectural History", 2003
*"Lost Buildings of Britain" (book accompanying the series)

Notes

External links

* [http://www.simonthurley.com/ http://www.simonthurley.com/]
* [http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.9071 English Heritage - Our Executive Board]
* [http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/t-z/thurley.html Interview - Channel 4]


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